3.1 RAG from Scratch

[philberryman]

Goal

Build RAG without using LangChain/LlamaIndex.

Learn

• Chunking strategies and why they matter
• Retrieval vs generation boundaries
• Context window management
• When RAG fails (and alternatives)

Deliverable

• Minimal RAG implementation
• Chunking comparison study

Proof Point

Can explain tradeoffs of different chunking strategies.

Directory

agent-patterns/01-rag-from-scratch/